Andrews, Elisha a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at Queensbury, N. Y. in 1802. He was converted when about eighteen, and in 1824 entered the New York Conference. When, in 1832, the Troy Conference was set off, he was included within it; in 1837 was transferred to the New York Conference, and in it labored zealously and successfully until his death by drowning, Sept. 3, 1844. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1845, p. 601.
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John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More